133 quotes by Aristotle

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.” — Aristotle

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“A friend to all is a friend to none.” — Aristotle

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“Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.” — Aristotle

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“In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.” — Aristotle

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“Friendship is essentially a partnership.” — Aristotle

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“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” — Aristotle

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“Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.” — Aristotle

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“Education is the best provision for old age.” — Aristotle

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“It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.” — Aristotle

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“It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.” — Aristotle

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“The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.” — Aristotle

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“It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.” — Aristotle

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“To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.” — Aristotle

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“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” — Aristotle

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“Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.” — Aristotle

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“I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.” — Aristotle

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“Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.” — Aristotle

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“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.” — Aristotle

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“He who hath many friends hath none.” — Aristotle

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“Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.” — Aristotle

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“Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.” — Aristotle

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“Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.” — Aristotle

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“Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.” — Aristotle

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“Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.” — Aristotle

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“A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.” — Aristotle

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